Re: Link my help file to my application install path

Alexander Halser wrote:

Use only the file name, no directory spec.

A better way is to specify the help file *including* a fully qualified path at
runtime. You could do this in the OnCreate event of your main form:

Application.HelpFile := ExtractFilePath(Application.exename) + 'helpfile.hlp';

IMO this scheme applies to many file types. The "logical" folder is fixed (app, user...), but unknown at compile time. The "physical" folder can be determined at runtime, either hard coded (as above), or by evaluating a prefix like %appdir% or {$DELPHI}, which returns a single directory or an search path. Some pathes are determined during installation, others when a project is opened (prj-dir), and they can all be stored in an INI file or in the registry, if necessary.

DoDi
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